Registrations, SoS Filings, Standing & Geographic Coverage
State registrations and SoS filings: state and territory coverage and refresh cadence, how filings are matched and linked into one business, home state and incorporation date, and the status, standing, structure, and registration_type fields
Articles
- Which states and territories are covered, and how often is registration data refreshed?
- How long does it take for a new business to appear in state data?
- How are registrations across states linked into one business, and why might one be missing?
- What do the status, standing, and registration_type fields mean?
- How do I count a business’s registrations via the API?
- How does Baselayer match my search to a registration, and what makes a match strong?
- What does the structure field tell me, and can it identify S-Corps?
- Why did my search match a different business than I expected?
- Why is the status unknown for Delaware and New Jersey registrations, and what can I do?
- Which address field returned in the match should I use?